PSU Magazine Winter 2001

' Michelle McKinney-Ebel i founder of Dance Vision, offer– ing private dance in truction and personal training in jazz, lyrical, ballet, and hip-hop. McKinney-Ebel lives in Van– couver, Washington. Nathan Swenson is manager of computer services for Selmet, Inc., a manufacturing facility in Albany. Amy Van De Water writes, "Currently a-stay-at-home mom, I am expecting our third child in February. We have two boys now, Theo (3 years) and William (17 months)." Van De Water and her family live in Warner Robins, Georgia. Greg Lupfer is defensive coor– dinator for the PSU football team, after serving as an assis– tant coach for the past five year . Lupfer played linebacker for the Viking in 1991 and 1993. He lives in Beaverton. Nancy Pasternack is an audit manager with Perkins & Com– pany in Portland. Pasternack, a certified public accountant, spe– cializes in opinion audits for pri– vately held companies and works in fraud prevention, detection, and resolution, and assists clients with acquisitions. Kalley Aman MS '97 is an asso– ciate in the litiga– tion department of Miller, Nash, Wiener, Hager & Carlsen in Port– land. Aman focu es on inter– national commer– cial litigation and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association and the World Affairs Council. Rockmond Beach is an ergo– nomics consultant in Portland. George Kalli is a hydrologist with the U.S. Chugach National Forest. He lives in Anchorage, Alaska. ABC ALUMNI BENEFIT CARD Your Passport to PSU • Alumni ID card • Discounted rates on PSU Theater Arts productions • Reduced rates on outdoor equipment • Low-cost use of the Viking Bowl and Billiards • Pay-as-you-go access to the Stott Center Recreation Facilities (day-use fees apply) • Customize your ABC Card to meet your needs by adding on annual memberships to the Stott Center, Library, and the Microcomputer Labs (additional fees apply) Call (503) 725-4948 for details or check out our Web page at www.alumni.pdx.edu A SERVICE OF YOUR PSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Claire Slawson is director of operations for KVO Public Relations in Portland. Slawson oversees all internal operations, including information technol– ogy, human resources, and administration. She formerly was a benefits consultant for Legacy Health System. Jeffrey "Jeff" Blackman is a mathematics teacher at Hood River Valley High School. Blackman also is a heavy equip– ment mechanic and previously taught integrated math and auto hop at The Dalles. Melanie Kuppenbender is a technical writer for Stream International in Portland. Charles Muir is a production control scheduler in the infor– mation technologies depart– ment at PSU. Jeffrey "Jeff" Jones is a senior technician with David J. New– ton Associates, Inc. (DNA) , in Bend. Jones focuses on con– struction observation testing and earthwork consulting. Lauren Mantec6n MFA is an artist, represented by Mark Woolley Gallery in Portland. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally. Mantec6n has also taught mixed media courses at PSU and at the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology in Otis. Kimber "Kim" Walmer is senior project manager at CIDA, Inc., a multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering firm in Portland. Susan Barr is the morning co– host at KUPL, a broadcast radio station in Portland. Krista Lynne Healy is market– ing coordinator for Legend Homes in Tigard. Theresa Hogue is a reporter covering higher education with the Gazette Times in Corvallis. Hogue previously was entertain– ment editor for News Times in Forest Grove. Julie Kopet MS is education manager and instructs adult basic education at Portland Community College's off-site location at the Columbia River Correctional Institution. Bradley Kuhns is a design man– ager at Gap, Inc. Kuhns for– merly was a designer at Nike, Inc., in Beaverton for three year . He lives in San Francisco. Connie Peters Reiner MURP is a GIS specialist for the city of West Linn. Melissa Waggy participated with the Devils Lake Water Improvement District in a study on aquatic plant growth in Dev– ils Lake located in Lincoln City. Sean Cox is founder and execu– tive director of For Us North– west (FUN) , an agency that works with children in Oregon and southwest Washington who are affected by HIV/AIDS. Michael Harrison MURP is a staff assistant with Multmomah County Commissioner Jim Francesconi. Harrison is respon– sible for communications, land use, economic development, and transportation issues for the commissioner. He formerly served as chief of staff for Con– gressman Earl Blumenauer in Washington, D.C. John Harwood writes, "Cur– rently attending Franklin Pierce Law Center in the MIP/JD pro– gram for intellectual property." Harwood lives in Concord, New Hampshire. WINTER 2001 PSU MAGAZINE 27